Shah to visit Assam,

Meghalaya from Sat

Guwahati: Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to arrive in Guwahati on January 23 on a two-day visit to Assam and Meghalaya. He will launch the Ayushman Bharat scheme for Central paramilitary force personnel in presence of Union minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday. Mr Shah will then reach Meghalaya to chair the plenary session of the North Eastern Council to be held in Shillong on the same day. The NEC is the nodal agency for the economic and social development of the northeastern region which consists of eight states. On Sunday, Mr Shah will return to Assam and attend an event to celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of the Bodoland Territorial Region Accord, which provides for political rights, economic package to the Bodo tribals living in Assam, at Kokrajhar. —